Regular Physical Assessments are recommended annually or more often depending on physical health status, health concerns, medications or other risk factors that could impact physical health status.

Most healthcare practitioners will monitor your height, weight, BMI, waist, blood pressure, heart rate and rhythm annually or at each visit. Changes in height may indicate a growth or bone disorder, changes in weight, BMI and waist may indicate poor nutrition or a metabolic disorder and changes in blood pressure and  heart rate or rhyth may indicate cardiovascular or kidney dysorders.

Blood glucose monitoring may be performed during routine checks when fasting results are not available, for monitorin diabetes control or of a patient is showing symptoms of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar).

Oxygen saturation is often monitored in people with a history of respiratory disease (COPD/emphysema) or if there are signs or symptoms suggestive of low blood oxygen saturation. Lung function tests are usually performed for diagnosing or monitoring asthma, COPD and other respiratory conditions when a person is well and not experiencing symptoms.

Dynamometer is a hand held device used to assess grip strength and can indicate a persons ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and ability to hold onto objects and pull themself up off the ground. The sit and stand test is a physical assessment of the persons ability to sit and stand without assistance to assess lower limb strength, balance and speed, a lower than average score can indicate a risk for frailty and falls.  

Vision and hearing assessments are not routinely performed unless there is a change or symptom experienced and clinically indication during the consult, often these assessments are included in driving medical or work employment assessments.